Posts About "Stan Smyl"

For Every Canadian, A Canuck

February 18th, 2014 Long dismissed by the holy houses of the great Canadian hockey cities, the city of Vancouver bows to no one in its history, heartbreaking or otherwise. The Vancouver Canucks lost seven consecutive games heading into the Sochi break. Canucks fans would not be looked down upon for pining for better days. While the high...

Daniel Sedin now 4th in Vancouver Canucks all-time scoring

November 18th, 2011 With an assist on the only Vancouver Canucks goal on Wednesday night, Daniel Sedin moved into sole possession of fourth overall in franchise scoring. His 674 points are one better than the career totals of Stan Smyl, who played all of his 896 NHL games in Vancouver colours. The younger twin (Henrik is the elder by a full six minutes)...

Team Captains - Vancouver Canucks

June 26th, 2011 This post was originally crafted by Jason Kurylo in June of 2010. It's now being updated by a current THW writer, Trevor Connors. Since joining the NHL in 1970, the Vancouver Canucks have had 13 team captains. Some were boxers, some were bruisers, some were pluggers, some were Swedes. One guy was a goalie who won Olympic gold with...

End of an Era in Big D: Jere Lehtinen Retires After 14 Seasons

December 9th, 2010 Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent He may not have had as noteworthy a time with the Stars as Mike Modano, but when you look at the sum of its parts, the career of Jere Lehtinen was certainly one of the best in the history of the Minnesota/Dallas franchise. Ranking behind only Modano and Neal Broten on the all-time games played list for...